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here to tell us about this is ken goldstein. thanks for joining us, ken. purple state. bush, rubio.all make some strong presidential candidates. ken: the game is purple state. we are going to start out with the states that republicans win, like the mountain states, those of the ones that republicans are -- it is obvious to look at candidates coming from purple states. they have one in purple states. doesn't that suggest they will win in 2016? and no, but thank you for setting me up. the when is much more important than the where. remember john edwards? before all those things happened, he talked about two americas. there are two americans when it comes to elections. all of the folks who won the purple states in midterm elections, they never faced the sort of voters who decide presidential elections. al: you are making the assumptions then that the general election turnout will be more like 2008, 2012, rather than 2004. ken: i am, and even if we don't think that democrats are going to be able to replicate the electorate, which was naturally plus 6, 7, 8 democratic, it is going to be

here to tell us about this is ken goldstein. thanks for joining us, ken.all make some strong presidential candidates. ken: we are going to start out with the states that republicans win, like the mountain states, texas. democrats are going to win california and new york. republicans have to win the lion's share of purple states. so you have to look at the candidates coming from purple states. jeb bush john mccain to marco , rubio, and say, hey, these guys have one of purple states isn't there a chance they could win these purple states? no, but thanks for setting me up. the when is much more important than the where. remember john edwards ran for president, a couple of things happened? before that, he talked about two americas? there really is two americas when we talk about elections the primary elections in the maternal actions. -- midterm election electorates. all of the folks who won the purple states in general -- in midterm electorates, they have never faced the voters who decide presidential elections. al: you are making the assumptions then that th

our colleague ken goldstein look at the numbers and found that the makeup of the electorate has too heavily -- it is clear. her numbers have taken a hit. republicans need to feel like someone can beat her to win. >> god knows the midterm electorate and the presidential electorate are both very different but the thing i am worried about if i am hillary clinton isn't the horserace numbers it is the favorite and on favorite numbers. if you look at the charts she is falling like a rock in terms of her net favorability while jeb bush is holding steady. to me the horserace numbers matter not that much. >> if you ask republicans will she be formidable, people say we have to run a perfect race to beat her but republicans want to feel like she is beatable. if they can compete -- >> they should want to feel that way. >> it is the psychology. they have to feel like she can be beaten. there are still republicans who worry that even their strongest nominee might have trouble getting her. iowa is not a diverse demographic state but the other two have diversity. >> you look at that big, blue college wall

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here to tell us about this is can goldstein -- ken goldstein. thanks for joining us ken.all make some strong presidential candidates. ken: we are going to start out with the states that win and then the mountain states, those of the ones that republicans are going to win, that we look at california, that is what democrats will win. so they have to look at the lion share of purple states. go from john mccain to marco rubio, and say, hey, these guys have one of purple states, isn't there a chance they could win these purple states? no, but thanks for setting me up. the win is -- the when is much more important than the where. remember john kerry talking about two america's? there really is two america's when we talk about elections, the primary elections in the maternal actions. all of the folks who won the purple states in maternal electorates, they never faced the sort of voters who decide presidential elections. al: you are making the assumptions of then that the general election turnout will be more like 2008 2012, rather than 2004. ken: i am, and even if we don't think